Ngomhla we-19 kaMatshi, ngobusuku bosuku lokuqala lweNtwasahlobo, ndabonisa kunye namakhulu abanye abemi baseSacramento ndinikela ubungqina kwisikhumbuzo seminyaka emi-5 yohlaselo lwase-US e-Iraq. Phezu kwako nje uqoqosho oluqhwalelayo, imfazwe eyoyikekayo yogonyamelo iqhubeka yaye ingenasiphelo. Abantu kuzo zonke izixeko ezikhulu zaseMelika babenemiboniso efanayo.Ukuvela kwabantu kuyo yonke indawo kwakungekho phezulu njengoko thina kumbutho woxolo besiya kuthanda, kodwa umoya wokuchasa wawukho ngokucacileyo. Kwezi ntsuku zimbalwa zidlulileyo, bobabini abagqatswa beDemokhrasi kwi-Ofisi kaMongameli bayigwebe imfazwe โnjengempazamo,โ kwaye bafungile esidlangalaleni ukuba bazakuqala inkqubo yokususa imikhosi yaseMelika. Kufuneka sibacinezele ukuba basuse imikhosi ye-pronto, kwaye emva koko sixhase iinzame zamazwe ngamazwe zokubonelela ngembuyekezo yemfazwe ukubuyisela ilizwe elichithakeleyo kwimeko yobuntu kunye nokuzimela.
Kuqala, ngo-4:30 PM ukuya ku-6:30 PM, ndaya kumboniso wesitrato kwenye yezona ndawo zixakekileyo ze-Sacramento. Howe kunye neFair Oaks Blvd. Amakhulu abaqhankqalazi abanomdla abancinci nabadala baphakamise zonke iintlobo zophawu oluchasene nemfazwe kunye nemiqondiso embalwa efundeka "HONK UKUBA UFUNA UXOLO." Iimpondo azizange ziyeke ukukhala ngelixesha ndilapho. Kucacile kwimpendulo yokuba uninzi lwabantu baseMelika abayithandi le mfazwe, nokuba abazukuphuma ezimotweni zabo bazibandakanye nathi.
Ngo-7 PM ndaya kwiCandlelight Vigil kwindawo entle Iziko leSacramento Unitarian ngaphandle kweSierra Blvd. Amakhulu amathathu (300) omculo we-peacenik ahlanganisana apho ukuze acule iingoma, athethe ngokuchasene nemfazwe, kwaye akhanyise amakhandlela egameni loxolo. Umqondiso omkhulu woxolo owenziwe ngamakhandlela avuthayo wabekwa kwibala lecawa yeUnitarian.
Umfundisi wase-Unitarian obetha isiginkci ebetha isiginci nomdlali wepiyano ohamba naye bacula iingoma zoxolo ezifana neka-John Lennon ethi, โWe shall Woyisa,โ nekaJohn Lennon. Umfundisi owayecula naye wenza intetho yoxolo enikela amagqabaza amaninzi abonisa ukuqonda ngendlela inkcitho yemfazwe eyayinokusetyenziswa bhetele ngayo ekucombululeni iingxaki zasekhaya.
Oomama ababini, umfazi wejoni elinabantwana ababini nonina wejoni, banikela ubungqina obungokweemvakalelo ngokuphathelele ukubandezeleka nokuxhalaba kwabo, bezisa iinyembezi kula mehlo madala. Elinye ibhinqa lase-Iraq lathetha ngendlela imfazwe eyamchaphazela ngayo. Kwabakho ukwabelana ngovelwano phakathi kwabaphulaphuli nezithethi nto leyo eyabuyisela ithemba lam.
Mna ngokwam ndenze ingxelo echasene nemfazwe malunga nendlela umgaqo-nkqubo waseMelika uyonakalisa ngayo i-Iraq kwiminyaka eyi-17 edlulileyo, ndiqaphela indlela uhlaselo olukhulu lomkhosi kunye nokuqhushumba kweziseko zedolophu yaseBagdad, kwakunguhlobo "lobunqolobi" olubulele. amakhulu amawaka abemi kwaye bashiya uluntu lukwisiphithiphithi nentshabalalo. Ndiphinde ndaphakamisa umba owalelweyo wokugcinwa kwe-oyile yase-Iraq kunye nendlela umgaqo-nkqubo wobukhosi wase-US wokulawula kunye nokulawula unobangela wemfazwe kwaye kutheni kufuneka utshintshe.
Ndandidiniwe ekupheleni kosuku, kodwa ndonwabile ukuba ndilapho ndiqhankqalaza nabanye abantu baseMelika abanesazela abangayekanga ukubuza ibali elisemthethweni malunga nale mfazwe ingekho mthethweni yobundlobongela ngokuchasene noluntu olungenanto yakwenza ne-9/11. Ndisalinde amaTyala amatsha eNuremberg kwizigebenga zemfazwe uBush noCheney, abasaqhubeka nanamhlanje bexoka ngemfazwe engenasidima.
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